The Colbert Report

Nicholas Carr

Season 6 • 06/30/2010

Nicholas Carr warns that the Internet returns us to a very primitive stage in our mental lives.

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01:35

Robert C. Byrd Dies at 92
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If Robert Byrd can be snatched away from us in the blink of an eon, isn't it a sobering reminder of our own mortality?
06/28/2010
05:28

Julian Castro
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Julian Castro believes Arizona's immigration law comes from legitimate frustration, but the legislation goes overboard.
06/29/2010
08:44

Basketcase - Stephie's Knicks Hoop-De-Doo Pt. 1
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Stephen asks Coach Mike D'Antoni what it takes to be a Knicks player, besides athletic ability, conditioning, youth and teamwork.
06/29/2010
03:17

Lube Job
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Planet BP reporters bring you all the news that's fit to underestimate by 50,000 barrels.
06/29/2010
00:36

Intro - 6/29/10
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BP puts a positive spin on the oil spill, LeBron James becomes a "free" agent, and Stephen interviews Mayor Julian Castro.
06/29/2010
00:04

Sign Off - Sweetness
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Stephen says goodnight with Sweetness.
06/29/2010
01:54

Supreme Court Justice Sweetness
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To protect the Second Amendment, President Obama must nominate Stephen's gun, Sweetness, as the next Supreme Court justice.
06/29/2010
00:04

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
06/30/2010
03:53

Mysteries of the Ancient Unknown - King Tut's Penis Pt. 1
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Thousands of years of mummification probably gave King Tut a severe case of the Shrinky Dinks.
06/30/2010
05:08

Cold War Update - North Korea & Russian Spies
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North Korea demands reparations from the US, and the FBI arrests 10 Russian spies raising families in the suburbs.
06/30/2010
04:54

Nicholas Carr
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Nicholas Carr says the Internet short-circuits our mental processes by constantly bombarding us with information.
06/30/2010
03:09

Tangelo-American John Boehner
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John Boehner is going to be hard hit by the tanning tax because his tanning bed is also his bed.
07/01/2010
05:06

ThreatDown - Dawn, Actual Food & Texas GOP
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Dawn causes the BP oil spill, underprocessed SpaghettiOs get recalled, and the Texas GOP wants to criminalize sodomy.
07/01/2010
00:26

Intro - 7/1/10
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Texas Republicans want to criminalize homosexuality, and Manny Howard turns his New York City backyard into a farm.
07/01/2010
02:12

Al Qaeda Starts Inspire Magazine
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Al Qaeda's Inspire Magazine appeals to American terrorists with features like "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Manscaping Tips."
07/01/2010
00:44

Sign Off - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Viewers with obsessive-compulsive disorder are going to want to turn off the TV, turn it back on again, then turn it back off.
07/01/2010
07:12

Manny Howard
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Manny Howard tried to grow tilapia in his bathtub and almost beat a rabbit to death with a dustpan in self-defense.
07/01/2010
06:09

Electronic Frontier Foundation - Cindy Cohn
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Cindy Cohn doubts that President Obama is coming for our guns online and doesn't find Stephen's Hitler joke funny.
07/05/2010
04:09

Michio Kaku
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Michio Kaku believes we will have something resembling a Harry Potter invisibility cloak within the coming decades.
07/05/2010
01:22

Stephen Is Sick
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Stephen is all set to do the show with his Colbert Report robe, little bunny slippers and nana's blanket.
07/05/2010
00:42

Sign Off - The Hot Zone
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Stephen hopes nobody got sick from watching the show and advises against licking the screen tonight.
07/05/2010
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